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Get Your Picture Book Published

Writing Pad

Do you have a picture book that you’re dying to get published? Have no fear, successful picture book author and former William Morris literary agent Sarah Maizes will help you bring your masterpiece from the desk drawer to the printing press! In this two day intensive, you'll learn everything you need to know to present your work in the best possible light and to woo the right agent or publisher. You'll workshop your picture book and query into...

Math Success For Kids - Arithmetic & Pre-Algebra

Los Angeles City College

This class will help your child improve test skills, increase scores and advance in school. Focus will be on the specific problem areas your child is having with math.  Assist your child with their school studies by enrolling them in this intensive math program. Focus will be on the specific problem areas your child is having with math. Students are welcome to bring their schoolbooks.

Typing & Keyboarding for Beginners

Los Angeles City College

Professional Speaking for the Clueless

Los Angeles City College

Learn to speak about what you know, how to become a trainer with seminar companies, book paid engagements, work with bureaus and agents, create profitable support products like books and audio products.

How to Become A Bodyguard

Los Angeles City College

Learn the basics executive security protection detail. This includes information of site survey, advance procedures; security posts, motorcade operations. This is not a physical-contact, self-defense nor combat course.

Online Safety- What Parents Need to Know

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

This course will teach you how to know where your children go online and how long they stay there. Are you the parent of a child that uses the Internet? Dangers our kids face on the Web can be alarming. By knowing the online perils, parents can protect their children.

Screenwriting Bootcamp: Dream It, Write It, Pitch It

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

The spec script market is hot right now, but to play the game, you have to have a finished movie script. In this five-week screenwriting bootcamp in Los Angeles, veteran screenwriter Wayne Powers (“The Italian Job”) will help you shepherd your amazing screenplay from concept to outline and teach you how to sell it. We’ll explore your ideas, beat out your story and solidify your theme. Wayne will share his personal techniques for crafting an...

Certified Restaurant Server

West Los Angeles College

Get Started on an Exciting Career in the Hospitality or Entertainment Industry.  In five weeks you can be trained to work in the Hospitality industry, which make up about 10% of the jobs in L.A. County and California.  The Hospitality industry offers great opportunities for advancement & promotion. On-site work training and job placement assistance is provided in this training program. This 85-hour West L.A. College training...

Retail Sales Associate/Customer Service Representative

West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA

Get Started on an Exciting Career in the Retail and Hospitality Industries. In 6 weeks you can be trained to work in the Retail industry, which makes up about 10% of the jobs in L.A. County and California.  This 85-hour West L.A. College training program teaches the techniques and skills necessary to succeed as a Retail Sales Associate or Customer Service Representative in any retail environment. Successful completers will receive...

HeartSaver CPR/AED Certification (AHA)Cardio-Pulmonary

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

With nearly 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occurring outside the hospital, it is important that everyone learn CPR to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest emergency.Class limited to 10 students. Heart-Saver CPR AED is a classroom, video-based, AHA instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, infant CPR and child and infant choking. Heart-Saver CPR AED teaches skills with AHA’s research-proven, Practice-While-Watching (PWW) technique...

Career Development for the Working Actors

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

In this 5-part workshop we will explore strategies that will turn dreams into reality.  Topics include:  How to make the headshot and reel count Creating a resume Obtaining an agent Maximize the on-line profiles Using social media, networking Finding the right niche Avoiding scams Dealing with rejection How to make income and more Learn the tools to navigate the maze of Hollywood with confidence.

GED Preparation Workshop

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Get your High School Diploma - Increase chances for better jobs and promotions!!!  This class is designed to prepare students for the five test areas incorporated in the General Education Development (GED) examination. Each of the five subject areas (Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies and Writing) will be reviewed and presented. Emphasis will be on content of GED exam, plus students will have practice examinations.

Cooking with Monti - Greening Up Your Kitchen

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Kitchens produce more waste than any other room in the home. In this three-hour class, Chef Monti teaches you how to reduce waste, make food choices that are healthy for you and the planet, and make the heart of your home more efficient. You’ll also learn recipes for homemade all-purpose cleaners along with a green smoothie and a rice bowl made with local, seasonal ingredients. LACC Extension is excited to offer a series of cooking classes with...

TV Structure, Spec & Staff Writing Bootcamp

Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA

In Hollywood, a “spec” or sample script of an existing TV show, is both your calling card and required training for any staff writing gig. It’s also a submission requirement for most of the coveted studio TV writing fellowships. Deconstructing a current television show is the best way to learn the craft and structure of TV writing and an essential step to writing great original pilots. To write a spec and understand what to look for in breaking...

Body Weight Strength & Cardio

Los Angeles City College

Heart throbbing. Breath flowing. Temperatures rising. Guided by fun, move your body in simple to follow exercises that will leave your heart with a huge smile! Equipment: Yoga or exercise mat, towel, water, jump rope, and optional light weights (there are ways around conventional weights).

Adult Group Swim

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

All of our group lessons are designed to help achieve maximum success in each of the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Levels. These lessons are a logical progression of skill levels that helps adult swimmers ages 18+ develop water safety, survival and swimming skills. All Group lessons are 50 minutes in duration. All participants must wear rubber/plastic shower sandals and bring a towel. Students should be wearing swimsuit when they arrive. Missed...

Computers for Beginners Part 2: Windows & File Management

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Take your new found knowledge from Part 1: Basic Essentials and gain a fundamental understanding on how your computer operates and how to manage an electronic filing system. Try this class by itself, or try the "Computers for Beginners" series.

Improv For Business Bootcamp

General Assembly @ 1520 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA

Often times we find our stuck in our own insecurities of who we are and what we bring to the table. We think our roadblocks are external factors that are often out of control, but the biggest roadblock is ourselves. We hold our own talents, dreams, development, and relationships back from what they can be. We say no because of fear and the idea of yes becomes a distant possibility.  This bootcamp will take you through improvisational exercises...

TV and Screenwriting Representation

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

Do you have that killer pilot or movie script that’s dying to be sold but you have no idea how to get it to the right person? The best way to get a manager is to know one. Enter Chad Snopek, manager of Mark Friedman (Executive Producer, Fox’s “Wayward Pines”) and producer, to take you through the process of finding literary representation. In this Los Angeles TV and Screenwriter Representation workshop, Chad will give you an overview of...

Every Kid's Yoga

Santa Monica Yoga

Find out how the practice of yoga parallels and supports other therapeutic modalities in addressing difficulties with attention, self-regulation, speech and language, learning, and high and low muscle tone. This experiential workshop will provide a strong foundation to teaching yoga to children with the following diagnosis: High Functioning Autism / Asperger’s Syndrome, Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD), Speech and Language Based Learning...